Retro Empire

Buy a filthy console from a stranger, bring it back to life on your bench and sell it for what it's really worth.

Retro Empire is a first-person shop sim set in a second-hand video game store. You start with three grimy handhelds, two boxes of games and an empty shelf. One of the handhelds won't even turn on.

The free demo takes about an hour, over five in-game days. When day 5 ends, you can keep playing in the same shop.

Scrub off the grime, unscrew the shell, swap the broken part and see if it boots. Customers bring you their broken consoles too.

Find a listing on RetroPop, haggle over the counteroffer and meet the seller in the street. Some sellers forget to mention what's wrong.

Set your own prices, rent out games and consoles, paint the walls and design the sign over the door. Every day you open earns experience, and new levels unlock furniture, services and staff who keep the shop running while you hunt for deals.

Fix the boards, empty the coin box and play the games yourself. Later, turn the old video club down the street into a whole arcade hall.

• A cyber café
  
• Moving the shop to bigger premises
  
• More ways to automate the business as it grows

I work on the game every day, so expect things to change between versions.

• Full controller support
  
• Interface in 11 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Turkish and Czech
  
• Windows and Linux / SteamOS

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Made by DVN Software